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OBELISCARIA. Nat. Ord., Composites. price. 

 Bold, showy plants, with rich-coored fllowers and curious acorn-like centres; 

 succeeds in any common garden-soil. Prom Texas. Halt-hardy perennial. 

 55G Obeliscaria Pulcherrima. Velvety-crimson, tipped with yellow. \ foot t .10 



557 Aurantiaca. Yellow. 2 feet ^10 



CENQTHERA. Nat. Ord., Onagraceos. 

 A magnificent genus; one of the most useful and beautiful either for beds, bor- 

 ders, edgings, or rock-work. Free-flowering. Half-hardy perennials. 



558 CEnothera Camphylocarpa Grandiflora. Crimson-orange ; large-flowered 



beautiful variety; from Peru. 1 foot 



559 Cinnabariaa. Rich orange; yellow throat, stained with rich salmon 



5GO Grandiflora Lamarciiana. Bright-yellow ; the most effective and stri 



kingly beautiful of this splendid genus. 3 feet 



5G1 Taraxacifolia. Pure white. 1 foot 



562 Fruticosa. Rich yellow flowers; open in sunshine (diurnal). 2 feet 



PANSY (Heartsease, or Viola Tricolor). Nat. Ord., Violacece. 

 The Pansy, or Heartsease, is a general favorite and old acquaintance witli every 

 one who has any thing to do with a flower-garden. It begins to open its modest 

 but lively flowers as soon as the snow clears off in the spring, and continues to en- 

 liven the garden till snow comes. again. The flowers are in the greatest perfection 

 in May and June; the burning sun of summer is unfavorable for their greatest 

 beauty, but in autumn they are fine again. The Pansy is properly a biennial, but 

 cau be perpetuated by cuttings or division of the roots. Seeds sown in August, in 

 the open borders, will come up readily in a few weeks. The seeds should be 

 slightly covered with fine soil, if covered at all, as half the seeds sown rot in the 

 ground from being- covered too deep. They require to bo covered during the win- 

 ter with evergreen boughs or a cold frame. 



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Fine Mixed Good English sorts 10 



Extra Mixed 1 . Saved from named flowers, from English prize collection ; 



the finest in habit of plant, size, form, and substance of flower. Superb . .50 

 Extra German. These were selected by a celebrated German florist, and 



may bo depended upon as very fine 25 



Auriculaflora. Brown, rose margined ; fine 25 



Atropurpurea. Pure, dark, velvety-crimson 25 



Marginata Alba. Velvety-crimson, with white eye, and margined . .25 



Anrca. Velvety-crimson, with golden ground, and margined 



Pelargoiweflora. Petals having a large maroon blotch on white ground . 

 Mixed. Above six varieties mixed. These varieties form a class of Fancy 

 Pansies, with unusually largo flowers, conspicuous by their brilliancy and 

 novelty of colors ; resist almost the greatest summer heat. . . . 



Pure White. Constant and fine 25 



Golden-Yellow. Constant and fine . . . 20 



Dark-Blue. Constant and fine 25 



Light-Blue. Constant and fine 20 



Eronze-colored. Constant and fine . 20 



Fancy Striped. Constant and fino 25 



Rose Marbled. Constant and fine 25 



Violet. White Margined. Constant and fine 25 



Mixed. Above varieties mixed 25 



Faust, or King of the Blacks. Flower, black; fine bedding variety . .20 



PAP AVER (Perennial Porr-Y). Nat. Ord., Papivemeea. 

 A highly ornamental and strikingly effective genus of plants, with brilliant-col- 

 ored flowers of an immense size, which, in select plantation and shrubbery bor- 

 ders, are unusually effectivo. Hardy perennial. 



583 Papaver. Finest mixed 10 



PENTSTEMON. Nat. Ord., Scrophuhrincea. 

 A genus of well-known and highly ornamental hardy herbaceous plants, with 

 long, graceful spikes of fine-shaped and richly-colored flowers. One of the most 

 effectivo and free-flowering of border plants. Hardy perennial. 



584 Pentstemon. Finest mixed ; a fine assortment of colors 10 



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